Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-16
rnE BsDH ARFER DEATH


ANa N11PNIlNto& " So s-"Ay 49,
death has been q snb5eet Of interest,"
fFsm tha earliest Fee9sdsd ere. LIS
classic writings ase fitted WITH rsfef
eaoss 10 fhis mattaE. and tAe vari0as
kinds o. burial or Us equivalents aud
ne ceremonies attendant apon We las.
rites fora no fneGnsldeKabie portion o.
both 4nssk and kaasfa Iilzfatufe.
PA anateuf Kinds Of hnfiai we're
ehiefEy fouF-inhumsst0a, barutnR. en-
halmfna ana aloFtnat the latter havine
references 70 entaaguans, vaaiis ana sim
liar reneptaolsa All ara TOO famfliai "
nssd more than > passing reference
The custom 81 toe Jews eeems % havt
bssn y buy the bodies OF lhe dead
the E'RYnttana 9sra TIE great MASTER
or the ~ 81 snnbslminp; TIE Romans
axoasatad the great oaiAo0mha, WhieD
are one o. ths wonders Of the Eternal
City tedny; while the pfaetlee 0f hurninR
bodies seems 20 have obsAinsd generally
amon0 most anotent nati0pa andef soGat
circumstances.
Modern sciences has determined poai
lively sRainBl the eommoa pfActlos oi
tuhanASion on sanitary grounds. Whef
ever che population is dense. - Il u to
Ell great cities. u h seen 90 onoe thai
tha custom OF bafytnR the bodies Of
deceased persons 10 . certain and fruit.
sul source Of disease. Water and air
are alike pailutsd and rendered danger
oae 20 life By placing 10 the earth tue
lifeleas lumps Of clay wkioh will 10 time
be resolved into their original elements.
bui Which In the neanstuae give FORT
noxlous calculations. For thls feaa0n the
practice Of intFa. mural barial has been
done away with. and modern oenleteFIes
are placed a. far aa possible from mum
eipal eantera
In lieu Of iRhanation, the scientists
Of she present day have devised foa
methods, namely: cremation, oementa
sion, eokinR and eieesFe plating. Ore
NATION ~ only the classic funeral pyrs,
bat without any Of les unpleasant anu
revolving attendants. The body 10 re-
duoed 70 q handful OF asbea BY intens
heat To \ furnace, % arranged tbat no
thing disaRrseablo sranspirea during The
pFoceas.
The process Of ookine Ia similar, bat,
instead Of being burned, toe body !,
exposed 10 fiamesess heat and reduced
10 hard, brittle substance instead oi
10 ashes.
fermentation does not deal directly
with the body, but With It's environment.
10 eonaista Ia hafmetiealiy sealing ths
ooitia by q coat 81 the finest cement sli
ioand u. The advantages Of q sareo
phagus ara secured IN this way vithouI
iis expense.
Bus ths latest method. and one which
IL growing IN popalaF favor. u electro
platlae. II Is the application Of per
feetly even metallic eoating 10 che sar
face OF the body itself BY the sauas
process which produces an electricity o.
plate. Tue metned ID briefly this: the
body IL washed with alcohol and spFin
Killed. over With ne araphste powder. ~
insure tie perfect coaauetton ef elee
tFioity. IL u then placed IN . bath 81
metallic ssiaIion containing q ptace 81
tha metal 20 BE- used. 10 thia y AZ
tached The positive pale OF strong bat
terry the negative pole il applied 10 tns
body and . nne nlui Of tas metal At
onee begins 70 cover the body perfectly
and evenly. THIS Faay b. Kept u
uaiil The coating aitatna any desired
thlaknsaa.
10 this process there would seen 70
be ne valid ebisealeu. In eject II
transforms the corpse into = beautiful
statue; form, features and even expires
ston being pertecalY psrsarved. TIE
body, being Theoretically sealed within
lie metal tnclceure, aAefely dies no ana
assumes the aspect ot mummy.
1his method oovsatea many objections
which have bees urged against eRsma-
ten, and "a The same time meets {
Wiahae OF taos wnoae eenttalsnt. Il no.
thine else, tnclinea them 90 favor shs
ordinary way % burial. Tue fceiins Of
dssserARion " he hamAn form divine
Which reducing u 10 handful Of ashes
gives 10 mAny people, IL enttrulY duus
away With, e ne rude hAad y laid upon
The onea loved fafm No change \
broaekt about In appearance. exeeps
thai fAos and hsure Are covered With a
shining veil. tkroagh whien The familiar
aneanenta appear utth all their waii
Femembarud abasantaFiatics and expires
sian. And II 70 he desired 10 lay the
body IN Ne ground, whssp the aowen
vii save above u and the blus safes
bend ever a. uAeFe LOVING hands mas
care Ter sAe last resting piaoe and aaec,
tiunste hears bedss ths grassy moana
beneasA which repcsas the light ana
Joy Of . once happy housshold. u cA1
still be dome aud beslar than befufe.
knowing that The inahimAsa f0tn may
bed &eHanee ~ the gnawiag tooth %
time and 10 the oanascs Of tha els
snenas. nntil the last sFnaap shaii soand
and death shall - swallowed sp N
vlceaFy.